23Jul

“EV battery passport to drive stationary storage second life in the UK”

EV manufacturer @electraevcom will use a battery usage-monitoring system designed to encourage reuse of batteries before they are recycled.

23Jul

“US carpet recycling volumes up in 2019 as industry faces headwinds in 2020”

@CarpetRecycle’s Voluntary Product Stewardship Program collected 335 million pounds of carpet for recycling in 2019, up 19% over 2018.

23Jul

Garden hoses, ropes, chains, cords, and wire should not be recycled as they can jam sorting equipment and cause safety concerns for workers.

21Jul

Silicon from used solar panels can be recovered for use in new PVs or repurposed for application in the anodes of lithium-ion batteries.

21Jul

Los Angeles startup @mi_terro1 manufactures T-shirts from fabric produced using waste milk.

21Jul

After being allowed to cool, wood ash can be composted; charcoal briquette ash should be placed in a small metal container and landfilled.

16Jul

Approximately 14 GWh, or 102,000 metric tons of lithium-ion batteries, will be retired from electric vehicles this year.

16Jul

The world’s 3,500 largest mining operations generate over 100 billion tons of solid waste per year, according to a 2019 study by @SMI_UQ.

16Jul

The typical American produces 1,704 pounds of trash annually, or three times the global average, according to research firm @MaplecroftRisk.

14Jul

A 2016 @IRENA study estimated that materials recovered by PV recycling could be worth $450 million by 2032 and over $15 billion by 2050.